in 2007 he joined with three other former senators majority leaders, howard baker, george mitchell and bob dole to create a bipartisan policy center, which seeks to find common ground on the nation's most pressing issues. these days he's a senior policy adviser, and is a member of the global board. today, senator daschle will discuss his new book, "the u.s. senate," written with charles robbins. and it explains some historical detail of the 100 member body, and has works in the past, something i suspect we all wondered about at this particular time. tom daschle. [applause] >> david, thank you very much for that generous introduction. and thank you very much for the opportunity to be your today. it is a real pleasure for me every time i come to the national archives. i moved, i inspired to in for good reason that i think the archives, under a go in the room would agree is a national treasure. and i don't know of another place in the city or maybe anywhere else where the extraordinary opportunities to witness the essence of america is more palpable, more visible and more apparent. herein

george mitchell tells a wonderful story of sonny's restaurant and bangor maine. a man rushing up to him and he thought for a moment he was going to hit him. he had tears streaming down his cheeks and he hugged him instead after along almost embarrassing hug he let senator mitchell go and he said tom qaeda you just saved my job. if it just become known that he had saved a paper plant outside of bangor. george, the son of a lebanese immigrant, janitor, could identify with that. he said it was one of the most defining moments of this his whole time in the united states senate, just that moment. the constitution doesn't mention political parties as i'm sure most of you know. the founders didn't address it elections actually. james madison often described as one of the founders of the constitution and the bother of the constitution actually warned against factionalism and all the problems that parties could actually create the. still, our country over time as we now well know adopted the british system of competing parties and either/or approach to a political process

. >>> next today, advice from george mitchell. up. >>> just minutes away, spy wars between the u.s. and iran and claims that some of our cia drone secrets may have been exposed. >>> 58 minutes past the hour. we wrap it up as always with best advice. >> here's christine. >> peace negotiator and former senate majority leader george mitchell of maine serving up a couple pieces of advice. listen. >> two bits of advice. as a young man i was told by one

the group includes former senator george mitchell and former senator kit bond. the recommendations include a new system for housing finance, affordable housing and rural housing. this is live coverage here in washington d.c. this will get underway in just a moment. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> good morning, everybody. it's my pleasure to welcome all of you here today. i was telling my current bosses that i think have six or seven of my former bosses in the audience, so i need to behave for sure. this impressive gathering as proof that housing really does matter in america. i was going to introduce the commissioners. later you will hear from one of our cochairs. i want to recognize four of the commissioners and able to join is due to a scheduling change. we originally scheduled bill launch for the same day as the state of the union and so they thought was a good idea to move the date. i'm grateful for all be sitting here in the front row and for the cochairs for the time and ef

. >>> next today, advice from george mitchell. up. >>> just minutes away, spy wars between the u.s. and iran and claims that some of our cia drone secrets may have been exposed. >>> 58 minutes past the hour. we wrap it up as always with best advice. >> here's christine. >> peace negotiator and former senate majority leader george mitchell of maine serving up a couple pieces of advice. listen. >> two bits of advice. as a young man i was told by one of my mentors, a teacher, don't be afraid to fail. keep trying. and i've followed that advice. i've failed often, but got up off the ground and continued to go forward. the second was when i was about to get married, i read words of a former, now a long deceased american author about the key for a successful marriage. itch you're wrong, speak up. if you're right, chuckle. >> that is why this guy was able to bring peace to northern ireland. he knows how to make peace. >> my father-in-law has a version of that. if you're wrong, say you're sorry. if you're right, shut up. >> that is all for

the senate majority leader, george mitchell argued the risk of american intervention status quo, theseude an unknown number of casualties and death are greatly disrupted oil supply and price increases possibly widen to israel, turkey or other allies and long-term occupation of iraq increased instability in the persian gulf region, von lasting arab-american institute and a possible return to american isolationism, end quote. looking back on mitchell's warning we see a few of those things occurred in the aftermath of the persian gulf war. out of the church is, billions of dollars, or if american hostility in the way of isolationism are returned to haunt the united states. dissenters were present when the national security council first met on august 2nd 1990 to discuss iraq's invasion and the discussion proved anything but decisive. national security adviser brent scowcroft later turned the session appalling. my fellow contributor to the book, also a participant called it in his memoirs a sharp disappointment. i was scowcroft found appealing and appalling is that many bush's advisers pre

joining me former senate majority leader george mitchellal who served as u.s. special envoy to ireland under president clinton. let's start in afghanistan. word that president karzai is ordering special forces out of this key province. what do we make of this? is this something that should be cause for concern or is this karzai bluster? >> it is a serious allegation obviously. i think the head of the international force has handled it properly by saying we take these allegations seriously and will investigate them. until then there is not much to be said about it because you have to get the facts. >> let's go to secretary kerry. when hillary clinton was appointed her first trip was to asia. what is the significance of john kerry going to europe and then to the middle east on his first trip? >> according to press reports and i think they are accurate secretary kerry is determined to make a real effort in the region to try to bring about peace between israelis and palestinians to get an agreement that i think would be very constructive not just for those parties

as you said, andrea, they started out way back in 2009 with senator george mitchell as their envoy iny aggressive way, and then really didn't do much after that policy could not be sustained. they need to get back to that. they also need to attend, of course, the syrian civil war. further calls over the weekend by senator john mccain that the administration should do more to arm the rebels and help the rebels, and other people, of course -- from the munich security conference that was held over this past weekend, and then, of course, you have the news from iran that appears to be accepting the invitation to engage in talks with the united states and the other permanent members of the security council. there's a very big, very tough agenda ahead of this new swuf state. >> and, in fact, there was some reporting over the weekend that hillary clinton had tried to move the white house to be more aggressive on syria on arming the rebels, and that john kerry is actually more in sync with mccain on that and with a more aggressive posture of leadership for the u.s. on syria. >> well, i think t

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as senate majority leader george mitchell argued the risks of active american intervention were great. he said, quote, these include an unknown number of casualties and death, billions of dollars spent, greatly disrupted oil supply, oil price increases, a war possibly widening to israel, turkey rather allies, possible long-term occupation of iraq, increasing stability in the persian gulf region, long-lasting arab american amity and possible return to american isolationism. looking back and mitchell's warnings we can see few of those things occurred in the immediate aftermath of the persian gulf war but arguably all of mitchell's years, untold casualties, billions of dollars loss, disaffected allies and american hostility in a new isolationism all returned to haunt the united states. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org.

>> well, i think ought to be tightly regulated and george p mitchell, george phineas mitch nell his 80s vest distinguished energy entrepreneur really developed the whole fracking process over decades. and he says it has to be tightly regulated, at a minimum. >> rose: dow believe that your views represent a majority of americans and get the same number of votes you got in 2000? >>. >> rose: 50 million or whatever it was. >> well, i don't know. >> rose: dow believe that that inaugural speech suggested a direction that you would applaud? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> rose: dnd -- >> yeah, and i would againgo even further. but applied the direction he seems to be-- . >> rose: in that inaugural speech. >> yeah, absolutely. >> rose: i want to get to this laws louis powell before he became a supreme court justice and you probably admired some of the things he did on the court. >> he had a good reputation, as you know. >> rose: that's right, but he wrote a famous memo. >> yeah, for the chamber of commerce. >> rose: when he was a lawyer in richmond. >> representing the tobacco industry among his other c

and senate majority leader, george mitchell argued the risk of active american intervention was greataid quote, these include an unknown number of casualties and deaths, billions of dollars spent, oil price increases. a war possibly widen to israel, turkey or of allies. the possible long-term occupation of iraq, increased instability in the persian gulf region, long lasting arab and american, and a possible return to american isolationism, end quote. looking back on mitchell's warnings we consider a few of those things occurred in the immediate aftermath of the persian gulf war, but that argument all of mitchell's fears are not casualties come billions of dollars lost, disrupted markets, disaffected out, arab american hostility, a new wave of isolationism all returned in time to on to the next -- to haunt of the united states. this discussion but anything but defensive. national security advisor brent scowcroft later termed the session quote appalling. my fellow contributors to the book that we talked about tonight, richard haass, also was at that meeting called it in his memoirs quot

bipartisan group of leaders in the congress, tip o'neill, bob michael, howard baker, bob dole, george mitchell, and so many others, who worked at that time with the republican administration to enact bold, budget compromises. we sat together in budget meetings, put everything at the table, and we ultimately found compromise. it is that spirit of leadership and cooperation that ultimately led to a balanced budget and a surplus. ultimately, we all have a responsibility to hold our elected leaders accountable and to fight for the kind of country that we want to have. we must never forget that our democracy has survived because it was born in the principle of public service. preamble of the constitution of thee the people," united states, in order to establish a more perfect union, in order to establish justice -- ordain the constitution of the united states." i have always remembered i had the opportunity to live the american dream. the son of italian immigrants, with the ability like, like millions of others, to have the opportunity to be able to succeed at what you want to do. we have parents l

you had george mitchell in the middle east. you have richard holbrooke working in afghanistan. it is going to take a senator kerry, a secretary of state carry -- secretary of state john kerry to do what he can to prevent many of these ongoing catastrophes from unravelling further and threatening the united states foreign policy. more forward engagement is essential. it was a good model that al gore had when he was running for president. i was proud to be part of his national security team. we need more forward engagement diplomacy to protect american security around the world. host: we will conclude on that note. marc ginsberg joining us from new york. when we come back, we will turn our attention to the issue of immigration. what were the lessons that happened in the 1986? we will talk to the president and co-founder of the migration policy institute. and later, an advocate of international women's rights to talk about secretary of state hillary clinton's legacy of women around the world. we are going to take you to set the state, new mexico to exploit the literary culture of

invite the four cochairs to come to the stage and i would like to turn the podium over to senator george mitchelllause] >> thank you, very much. and thanks also to the macarthur foundation for its strong support. it has been a great pleasure for me to work with you and also with my fellow cochairs that are here. this really was an extraordinary commission, as many of you know, i have been involved with more than my fair share of commissions and organizations. this is one of the most effective but i have been involved with. i would like to take just a couple of minutes to introduce the members of the commission who our president who will not be speaking, but who made an important contribution to the work in describing each case a bit of the background. i will ask everyone to stand when i conclude going through all of the lists. karen is a private investment officer at hud during the administration of george w. bush. ed brady is a member of the executive board of the national associations of homebuilders and is on the board of directors of the federal homeland bank of chicago. rob couch was general

tip o'neill, howard baker, bob dole, george mitchell. pat moynihan, and so many others.hose who worked with the republican administration to enact we sat together in budget meetings and put everything on the table. we ultimately found compromise. it is that spirit of leadership and cooperation that led to a balanced budget and a surplus. we ultimately have a responsibility to hold our elected leaders accountable and to fight for the kind of country that we want to hack. we must never forget that our democracy has survived because it was born in the principal public service. the preamble of the constitution says we the people. not we the government or we the democratic party. but we, the people of the united states. in order to establish a more perfect union. in order to establish justice and tranquility and general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty. we, the people. no matter what i have done in my career where i have gone and life, i've always remembered that i had the opportunity to live the american dream. the son of italian immigrants, the ability like milli

[applause] it's my honor to turn the podium back to senator george mitchell. >> six years ago when howardker tom daschle and i came together to establish the bipartisan policy center through the initiative of jason coombe may, we were dismayed at the extent to which our political process appeared to be in gridlock as a consequence of excessive partisanship and ideological posture. that concern remains and it is heightened today. and american politics has been rough. i frequently cite the example of the presidential campaign of 1800, when jefferson supporters called president adams a hermaphrodite lacking they said the strength of a man or the gentleness of a woman. adam supporters responded that the murder rape and robbery would be taught and openly practice in our country. it was rough we thought when we were there but it has gotten much rougher and tougher today. we at the bipartisan policy center and the members of this commission believe that it is possible for men and women with strongly held different link political philosophies to come together in good faith to try to deal in a res

a senate majority leader george mitchell argued, the rest of active american intervention were great.ote, these include an unknown number of casualties and death, billions of dollars spent is greatly disrupted oil supply and price increases, a war widened to israel, turkey or other allies and possible long-term occupation of iraq increasing instability in the gulf region, long-lasting arab-american and a possible return to isolationism, end quote. looking back on mitchell's warnings, we see few of his quote. looking back on mitchell's warnings, we see few of his things occurred in the aftermath of the persian gulf war, but arguably all financial spheres, untold casualties, billions of dollars lost, disrupted markets, hostility and await isolationism return in time to haunt the united states. these were present when the national vote first met august 2nd 1990 to discuss iraq's invasion of the discussion proved anything but decisive. national security adviser, brent scowcroft turned the session appalling. my fellow contributor to the book, richard haas, also a participant called it in h

george mitchell to handle the middle east.. >> thank you for providing a segue to our plug for tomorrow's show. coming up. comedian coman o'brien gets ready to take on one of the toughest crowds of his career. and later, he is the man who gave wikileaks hundreds of thousands of classified do you means and rallies are held around the world to call for his release. we will sixty one of the supporters why. and some of the worst cyber attacks are coming from china, what that means. you are watching msnbc. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call you

. >> reporter: chris mitchell, cbn news, jordan. >> george: up next, she has taken on 11 countries in months in a race to preach the gospel of jesus christ. >> george: so imagine quitting your nine to five job, you leave everything you own behind, and you embark on a nearly year-long mission trip. 11 countries in 11 months. >> wendy: wow, sounds neat. it is known as the world race. and i recently sat down with one young woman who decided to embark on this adventure of a lifetime. ♪ >> and these cultures that we're going to, people don't care what you look like or what you smell like. they care about the message that you have. >> reporter: 28-year-old emily wright of virginia beach left her job, her apartment, and her family to take the world race challenge. that means over the next 11 months, emily will visit 11 countries for about 30 days each. >> you know, i'm excited just to be a part of something bigger than myself. >> reporter: her adventure began helping orphans in mozambique. and from there she goes to south africa, india, nepal, thailand, cambodia, vietnam, malaysia, mal dova,

bipartisan group in leaders in the congress, tip o'neill, bob michael, howard baker, bob doll, george mitchell, pat moin han, tom foley and so many others, who worked at that time with the republican administration to enact bold budget compromises. we sat together in budget committees, we put everything on the table. and we ultimately found compromise. it is that spirit of leadership and cooperation that ultimately led to a balanced budget and a surplus. ultimately we all have a responsibility to hold our elected leaders accountable and to fight for the kind of country that we want to have. we must never forget that our democracy has survived because it is borne in the crucible of public service. the preamble of the constitution says we the people. not we the government, not we the republican party, not we the democratic party. but we the people of the united states. in order to establish a more perfect union. in order to establish justice and domestic tranquility, in common defense and promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty do ordain and establish the constitution of

the report is being released by former senate majority leader george mitchell, former hud secretaries mel martinez and henry cisneros, and former missouri governor and senator kit bond. live coverage from the newseum in washington begins at 11 a.m. eastern over on c-span. >> on route 66, you know, people were traveling, east traveling for -- either traveling for fun or looking for a job, maybe they were on their way to the grand canyon, maybe they were on their way to work in the agricultural fields in california. so at first route 66 was just a way to get somewhere. i mean, your destination was out in california. but later on after all these snake pits started bros. responsibling up and all these tourist traps and attractions and the cafÉs and the motels and the trading posts, indian trading posts, when those things started springing up, it almost became like a big amusement park along route 66, and route 66 became the destination. it was not like, dad, can we go to the beach in california? it was more like, dad, let's go down route 66, because all the fun stuff is there. it's like a

[applause] i want to turn the podium back over to senator george mitchell. >> years ago, when bob dole, howard baker, tom daschle, and i gathered to establish the bipartisan by -- bipartisan policy center, we were dismayed to the extent to which our political process appeared to be in gridlock as a consequence of excessive partisanship and ideological posturing. that concern is heightened today. i frequently cite the example of the presidential campaign of 1800 when jefferson supporters called president adams a hermaphrodite, lacking, they said, the strength of a man or the gentleness of a woman. supporters said that its jefferson were elected, robbery, rape, and murder would be openly taught and practiced in our country. it was rough and tough when we were there, but it has gotten proper and tupper today. we at the bipartisan policy center believe it is possible that men and women with strongly held different political philosophies can come together in good faith to try and deal in a responsible way through principled compromise with the major problems facing our nation. one of our ob

george w. bush, this is significant shift. >> the other thing even the nation's gregg mitchell did not make the issue about the drones and the drone bases in saudi arabia as much of an issue which i thought he should have. particularly because 9/11 was supposedly, according to some of the terrorists, because we had bases in saudi arabia. that whole thing was totally looked over. >> cal put his finger on it. after the election. they weren't going mess up obama's bed before the election. now, that the partisan mission of getting him re-elected is completed they can go back to being liberals and worry about due process and where is the aclu. it has been a field day for left wing papers like mother jones and guardian has been on this. they had these reports years ago that the "new york times" and "washington post" weren't interested in. >> what they are focusing on is the wrong thing. they are under report wagon is going on in the middle east nations that are harboring the terrorists. what they are saying and what they are in the press and mosques and propaganda films and teaching to young children, this is being minimized and i

obama equals the rounds of golf at that george bush had in eight years and the circumstance tonight on the nbc nightly news i'm sure you didn't watch it. andrea mitchell did a story on this and the video was not obama playing one of his 116 rounds of golf. and the video nbc used was of president george bush playing golf. so the fact of the matter is the media doesn't get it. obama's arrogant and self-entitled and he's the american idol president and nothing's going to change because the media has their guy. it's a slobbering love affair and it's not going to end until 2013 and maybe, until he's done with the presidency and may not end then. he'll keep playing golf. >> sean: you know, penny lee, the economy contracted in the last quarter. we have one more quarter like that we're officially in recession, we've got higher unemployment than when he took office. 8 1/2 million americans in the labor force and 50 million on food stamps. don't you think you think there's an imbalance. >> sean, that's simply not true. when he had taken office and-- >> did you take a three week vacation over christmas. and mine was disrupted because of the fiscal cliff, i was h

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mitchell, a serious journalist, she doctored the tape during the campaign to make mitt romney look like an idiot, that he didn't know anything about technology, and sunny news doctored the tape to make georgelik-- g like a racist. you have young people, behind the scenes, and nobody knows, and these people masquerade as journalists and they have political japed as, and they think there's nothing wrong with using the media to further those political issues that concern them. in fairness, bill, conservatives have been guilty of this too. this and i personally was duped b an audio tape put out by a well-known radio talk show host that was designed to make tom brokaw look bad. and it was doctored. and when i found out about it, i apologized to brokaw. what these people don't understand is that even commentators, tv or radio, have an obligation to be fair. they don't have to be balanced but they do have to be fair. >> bill: okay, what's it shirley shirad, the former agriculture secretary, and the website took it out of context when she said, that was my fault because i didn't have orders instituted, i do now, that any videotape we use on the factor needs to be seen in its entirety. so we put th